Edmonton Journal

“SCUSE ME”

- BY C.C. BURNIKEL

Across

1 Mark Cuban’s NBA team

7 Scene

13 Quaint light

20 Lizard with a “third eye”

21 Like grandfathe­r clocks

22 Tin mints

23 It begins in April 25 In an imposing

manner

26 Things on rings 27 Lemons

28 “__ Death”:

Grieg work

30 Dot follower

31 Grips

33 Yahoo! Finance

offering

38 Went for a bite? 41 Review using stars 43 In __ of

44 Glob

45 Punk rock

icon Smith

46 Poetic measure 47 Trac II cousin

48 Like Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 49 Jamie Lee Curtis or Fay Wray 52 Steamed state 53 “Blue Sky” Oscar winner

55 Bun contents 56 Wish undone 57 Executed 59 Legend in one’s own mind

60 Port of 79-Down 61 Brat’s output 63 What some wallow in 66 Give up the single life 67 Prepared for a selfie 69 Dana of

“Body of Proof” 70 Smooching on the bus, for short 73 Some studios 75 Titles of respect 76 Bath buggy 77 Lidocaine brand 80 Sch. with a Harrisburg campus 81 Summer in Provence 82 Burial isle of many Scottish kings 83 Ersatz fat brand 84 Activity-tracking letters

86 Test for trivia fans 90 Clyde cap 91 Jacob’s twin 93 Poker pile 94 Charlotte __

95 Is for two?

96 Stop

97 Lyon lover’s word 98 Golf phenom Jordan 100 California prison town 103 Pennysaver revenue

source

105 American rival: Abbr. 106 Topps figure

108 Historic Tuscan city 109 Wikipedia entries 113 “Right on!”

117 Pielike veggie dish 120 Prisoner’s restraint 121 __ à trois

122 Sophistica­ted

123 Pain reliever

124 Think highly of

125 Eldest Dashwood daughter in “Sense and Sensibilit­y”

Down

1 Pancake shape 2 Pulitzer novelist James 3 “Peanuts” fussbudget 4 Golden Triangle country

5 Taylor of fashion 6 Seat at Churchill Downs

7 Heaps kudos on 8 Living it up 9 Budget choice 10 Ski resort near Snowbird 11 “How to Succeed ...“composer Frank 12 Everglades bird 13 Practical joke 14 “Today”weather anchor

15 What screen icons exude 16 Future sound? 17 Help out 18 16th-century date 19 Aspiring therapist’s maj.

24 Squat beneficiar­y 29 Pool-heating option 31 __ seeds: omega-3 source

32 Fill to the brim 34 Ticket for speeding, say 35 Being in debt 36 Latin ballroom dance 37 Barely beat 38 False impression 39 Words of resignatio­n 40 Strict

42 Looks after 45 “Baloney!” 46 Granola cousin 50 Baseball mascot partner reintroduc­ed in 2013 51 California’s state bird 52 Remains in neutral 54 “__ takers?”

58 Mil. roadside danger 59 Christmas strands 62 Escapes slowly 64 Mall handouts 65 Medicare program offered by private insurers 67 Granite excavation site

68 Hosp. employees 70 “In Search of Lost Time”novelist 71 Breakfast pastry 72 Blow away

73 “I knew it!” 74 It may be served with pickled ginger 76 Spark

77 Tiny bits

78 Santa __ 79 Nation across the gulf from Somalia 84 Dieter’s setback 85 Masters strokes 87 Strong cotton 88 Where to see slanted columns 89 Lake bordering Ontario 92 “Lolita” (1962) actress

93 Happy hour offerings 98 Scout’s accessory 99 Inscribed tablet 101 “Far from Heaven” actor

102 Response at the door 104 Order to attack 107 Windshield option 109 Netanyahu of Israel, familiarly 110 Volunteer’s offer 111 “This is horrible!” 112 Interprete­r of signs 113 Wharf workers’ org. 114 Egg source 115 Narcissist’s problem 116 Hydrocarbo­n suffix 118 “Not gonna happen, lassie” 119 Bing result

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